IBM DB2 Universal Database Sets Performance Record for SAP Solutions

Business Wire, May 25, 2000

Business & Technology Editors

SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2000

The fastest database for data warehousing solutions is now the fastest in transactions, as IBM's DB2 Universal Database shattered the world record for two-tier SAP(TM) assemble-to-order (ATO) benchmark results.

IBM's benchmark, performed on March 26, 2000, achieved processing of 7,700 assembly orders per hour on a 24-way IBM R/S 6000 S80 with 450MHz processors, and 32 GB RAM. IBM's 2 tier benchmark also comes within 15% of the leading 3 tier result (**).

Earlier this year, IBM's DB2 Universal Database also set the performance record for SAP's Business Information Warehouse (TM) (SAP BW) benchmark with 115,570 queries/hour throughput.

Now SAP and DB2 customers can enjoy the best of both worlds, leading edge transaction processing speed with the best data warehousing and analysis in the industry, all delivered by the only database your IT staff needs to administer - DB2 Universal Database.

For additional information please visit http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/benchmarks.> (superscript: (*))Certification number 1998028 (all details are available under http://www.sap.com/solutions/technology/pdf/50020428.pdf)

(superscript: (**))Certification number 1999011

ATO Benchmark Details:

The SAP ATO (Assemble-to-order) standard 4.0 B application benchmark performed on March 26, 2000 by IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA, is certified with the following data:

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| Fully business processed Assembly     | 7,700              |
| Orders/hour:                          |                    |
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| CPU utilization central server:       | 94%                |
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| Operating System central:             | AIX 4.3.3          |
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| RDBMS:                                | DB2 UDB 6.1        |
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| R/3 Release:                          | 4.0B               |
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| Total disk space:                     | 400GB              |
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| Certification Number:                 | 2000008            |
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Configuration:

1 Central Server: IBM RS/6000 Enterprise Server S80, 24 processors SMP, RS64-III, 450 MHz, 8 MB L2 cache, 32 GB main memory.

*All results referenced are current as of April 2000.

This benchmark was conducted in Poughkeepsie, NY and fully complies with the benchmark regulations issued by SAP AG and has been audited and certified by SAP. For more information on IBM and SAP solutions visit http://www.ibm.com/erp/sap/

BW Benchmark Details:

The SAP BW (Business Information Warehouse) 1.2 B application benchmark performed on January 21, 2000 by IBM in Montpellier, France, is certified with the following data:

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| Step 1 - Load Phase:                  | 3,144,179 rows/hr           |
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| Step 2 - Realignment:                 | 14,600,000 rows/hr          |
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| Step 3 - Query Phase:                 | 115,570 query navigation    |
|                                       | steps/hr                    |
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| CPU utilization central server:       | 84%                         |
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| Operating System central:             | AIX 4.3.3                   |
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| RDBMS:                                | DB2 UDB 6.1                 |
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| BW Release:                           | 1.2B                        |
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| Total disk space:                     | 900GB                       |
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| Certification Number:                 | 2000001                     |
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